
Prepare for a missions adventure requiring faith, endurance and love. Remote, tiny villages scattered across the jungles of Chiapas are filled with people who need Jesus. This June, join a team of passionate Christians as they sleep in hammocks, teach children about Jesus, explore rain forests, share the Gospel, drink coconut milk right from the source, and maybe even jump a waterfall or two! It’s adventure missions at it’s best!
Clean water is one of the biggest physical needs in these jungle villages. Working with missionary Nathan Terrell, the team will help provide water filters to villagers as a meaningful way to build relationships and point the lost to Jesus Christ. The team will teach several children’s programs, ranging from a few days to a week. These programs are a fun and energetic way to teach practical, Biblical character qualities and to help children get to know God better through skits, stories, crafts and games. Orphanage ministry, practical construction projects, and plenty of life-to-life ministry are also on the itinerary.
Team members will receive training in the children’s program curriculum, coaching in sharing the Gospel, and instructions in installing water filters. You will return from this trip with a toolbox of ministry and cross-cultural communication skills that you can put to use anywhere. As you show Christ to others, you will also find that your relationship with Him will be challenged and strengthened. As you teach others of His love, your own experience of Him will take on whole new dimensions.
Steven and Grace Curry along with Elizabeth Fox (tentative)Â will be leading this team. All of them bring experience, maturity, Spanish language skills, a love for people, and a love for Jesus to this assignment. The team will be hosted by Nathan and Julie Terrell.
Ready to sign up for the trip? Go to our online registration page!
Need more details? Download the information packet (coming soon). (This is a large file, so give it a minute or two to download, especially if you have a dial-up connection.)
Interested but not quite sure yet? Send an email to info@globalencounter.net or use our contact form to let us that know you are interested and we will keep you updated on the details.
Want to read more about Chiapas? Click here to read about the history, culture, and spiritual climate of Mexico.
Application Deadline: February 10
Trip Dates: March 24 – April 3
Cost Per Person: $1400
This includes food, housing, transportation, medical insurance, and most ministry supplies. It does NOT include flights.

“The people here, though living in a stark contrast to much of western civilization, have all the same problems as anywhere else. We can share with them the same love we enjoy from the same God we know.”
– Christopher Schwieckert, Chiapas ’10 team leader